Bright is an up-and-coming MMA fighter and Win is an ESL tutor struggling to survive life alone in a foreign land. Bright hides behind a blank screen while Win hides behind a mask of indifference.
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"Good evening!" The voice was deep and serious but his student's camera was off so Win can't see the owner of the smooth timbre. He shrugged it off, most of the students are too shy to show their faces during lessons but Win always had to have his camera on so he flashed his most winsome smile into the black screen in front of him with the camera icon crossed out in the middle.
"Can you hear me clearly?" standard questions to check if the internet connection is stable. Internet service providers are notorious for promising stable internet connections yet provide less than satisfactory service in reality. Win cannot count the number of times that he had to cancel lessons just because there was no internet connection or the connection was very unstable. Of course, he was penalized for those instances but he cannot do anything about it since it is the rules of the platform that he is using.
"Yes, I can." His student has a real smooth, baritone voice. Win absently wished that he can see the face to whom that voice belongs.
"Great! This is our first lesson together, right?"
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"Yes."
"Would you like a short introduction first?" There was a short silence on the other end that Win had to wonder if the connection was lost. He was relieved when his student answered in a soft and unsure voice.
"Uhm, okay. "
"Would you like to go first?"
"Uhm, sure." The student cleared his throat first. "I'm Vachirawit Chivaaree but you can call me Bright for short."
So, he is not Japanese. That is why the name in his profile sounded weird. Win thought but he maintained his best smile even if he can't see the reaction of his student from the black screen in front of him. There was a pause so Win nodded his head as a signal for his student to continue talking.
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"I am in the entertainment industry and I also have my own small business. I graduated from Bangkok University and I studied English because I wanted to talk to people from other countries easily." Win smiled reassuringly while nodding his head in approval, sensing the uneasiness in his student's voice.
